Corn-plaster.



J. M. BRANDENBURG.

CORN PLASTBR.

APPLIOATION FILED DB0. '1, 1911.

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CORN-PLASTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led December 7, 1911.

Patented May 21, 1912.

Serial No. 664,357.

To all whom-'Zt may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN M. BRANDEN- BURG, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Elgin, in the county of Kane and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn-Blasters, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to plasters designed to be bound on the toe foithe removal of corns.

The object of the invention is to obtain a device which can be easilyapplied, which will not be injured while in the custody of the userbefore it is applied, and which is simple in construction.

yIn the drawing Figure 1 is a plan view of a device embodying theinvention, showing one side thereof, and Fig. 2 is a plan view showingthe other side thereof. Fig. 3 is a plan vlew of a shield forming anelement of the device. Fig. 4 is an edge or side view of the shieldshown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5' is an edge or side view of a plaster forming anelement of the device and Fig. 6 is a plan view of said plaster. Fig. 7is a plan view of a binding strip forming an element of the device.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A is a protecting sheet.

B is a shield provided with aperture b.

C is a binding strip which is coated with adhesive material on one sidethereof.

D is a plaster made of :flexible material d, covered on one side thereofwith medicated material d.

The several parts are assembled in the following manner. The plaster Dis placed on the protecting sheet A with the medicated material thereonin contact with but not adhering to said protecting sheet. The shield Bis then placed over the medicated plaster D and on the protecting sheetA. The binding strip C is then placed on the shield and protecting sheetA and made to adhere to the shield but not to the protecting sheet. Thebinding strip C extends from end to end of the protecting sheet A andthe medicated plaster D and shield B are positioned substantially in thecenter of said protecting sheet.

The aperture b in shield B is substantially the size of the top of thecorn which is to be removed, its purpose being to relieve the corn frompressure While the device is in place thereover.

I claim A corn plaster comprising a binding strip of uniform width andhaving adhesive material on one side thereof throughout its length, ashield fixed to the adhesive side of said strip midway of the endsthereof, said shield provided with an opening, and a medicated plasterconsisting of iexible Inaterial having medicament on one side thereof onsaid shield and overlapping the edge of said aperture, in combinationwith a removable protecting sheet covering the adhesive side of thebinding strip and the medicated side of the plaster.

JOHN M. BRANDENBURG.

In the presence of- CHARLES TURNER BROWN, WM. F. LYNCH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G.

